Vehicle-door window



Feb.- 23], 1926.

2 Sheetg-Shegt I. I h l l h u G. HAARNAGEITL VEHICLE noon WINDOW Filed June '4, 1919 Patented Feb. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES GEORGES HAARNAGELL, OF PAIRIS, FRANCE.

' VEHICLE-DOOR WINDOW'.

Application filed June 4,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, GEORGES HAARNAGELL, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Paris, 26 Rue Duret, France, have in vented; certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Door Windows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesv to means for opening and closing the windows of automobile doors particularly applicable to automobiles of the landau type in which the doors are unprovided withupper supports, in order to maintain the windows in the raised or closed position. The present means is based on an arrangement of window slides engaging one inside the other during the action of the window in combination with springs, which arrangement provides all the desired rigidity necessary to avoid accidental opening of the window due to vibrations or shocks during the running of the vehicle.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings which show by way of example a" constructional form in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 1 is a cross section of a construction in accordance with the present invention, the window and the window slides not being shown.

Figure 2 is a section of the door complete, the window being shown in the lowered position.

Figure 3 shows the door with the window raised.

Figure 4 is a detail elevation of the win dow slides.

Figure 5 is a similar view of the same at right angles to Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a similar view of the same at right angles to Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a detail sectional view on the plane indicated by the line Z-7 of Figure 4.

Figure 8 is a detail elevation of the window and its connections. 7

Figure 9 is a detail sectional view showing the cam 11 and the cooperating spring 0, the view in this figure being in the opposite direction to that in Figures 1 to 3.

Referring first to Figures 1 to 3, it will be seen that the door has no upper frame or support to guide the window when the latter is raised. The door a, the subject of the present invention, is formed in such a manner as to present throughout its height. and

1919. Serial No. 301,764.

port a plate spring c which facilitates the action of the window slides c, e, c". secured.

at d by a pivot and av helical spring f, on a rod ,9 assisting to maintain the immobility of the window when in the closed position.

The window slides c, 6, 6*, Figures 4:, 5 and 6 and Figure 7 are formed to slide one inside the other in order to follow the displacement of the window G, which is fixed to the head of each window slide e by angle irons 71. secured to each side of the metallic framing of the window.

The development of the members 6, c and e is obtained in the following way: The

member 6 is fixed at (l. The member 6 is fixed on the glass. When the glass is lifted the member e goes with the same and taltes along by means of the projection a the member 0 which has a projection a. Hence the member 6 occupies the highest point for the development.

The fixed window slide 6 which is pivotally secured at d, carries a cam 11 which is disposed in the recess E and acts on the spring 0 to permit of the window slides oscillating about (Z in the recesses'of the door, when the window is lowered or raised.

The oscillation in question takes place about the point 03. It is a very slight oscillation just sufficient to avoid a collision in the development of the pieces 6, e 0 This oscillation is caused by the'action of the blade spring 0- against the cam 2' which is secured to the part 6 near the point d of pivotal fixation. When the stretchers e, 6 e are fixed at (Z on the carrier, the cam i is lodged in the groove E andagainst this cam the spring 0 acts. The structure is therefore a detail of mounting which renders the entire operation very smooth and which assures the glass to rest fixedly when it has been raised by causing the lower portion of the glass to engage the flange/r of the carrier.

The window G is disposed between the sides of the door and slides against the edge R of the recesses M, being guided in such movement by the guides j provided at the lower ends of the window frame of the glass and extending downwardly therefrom.

lVhen the window is lowered, as shown in Figure 2, if the strap S be pulled in order to raise the window to the position shown in Figure 3, the window in rising takes with it the window slides 0 and which slide one in the other, by means of the catches Z1 engaging in the slots Z of the window frame and catches in acting onthe stops it of the window slides 6 the catches 7c and m being both rigid with the window slides Each of the stretcher members a has one of the catches Z. Catches or pawls li enter into the slots or gri'ioves Z of the "mine for the glass. The glass is therefore united with the stretchers he points 71 and in of the part c. llhese nawls Z" mavlmve howeweu,

jhe groove somewhat during the movet ments of lowering and raising the glass. The window slides being thus raised to the upper part of the door, the stops 0 of the window slide 6 come into contact with the rods 7 of the springs f compressing the latter, and the ledge of the window becomes engaged by the bearer p of the door. The immo ability of the G is assured by the spring F when the glass is raised, (Figure 23). In this position of the glass the stretch ers r, e, e, are developed and. the stop 0 having entered in the lower gap of the plate f) has compre sed the spring f by acting on the rod 5/. As long as the stop 0 is engaged in this slot, the spring is COll'lplfi-ied. The opposite action which has a tendency to force the compressed spring against the stop 0 assures the immovability of the glass when it rests, by means of its flange r on the carriage 7). I

In order to open the window, it is only necessary to disengage the ledge r from the bearer p by acting on the strap S; the spring 7 expands, the window slides re-engage under the weightof the window and extend themselves to the lower part of the door so as to follow the displacements of the window.

In order to bring the window to an intern'iediate position the strap is provided as usual with button holes capable of engaging abutton fixed at any convenient point on. the inside face of the door.

What I claim is:

1. A door having recesses, a vertically movable window having guides at the lower end engaging in said recesses, telescopically related slides on one side of the window, one slide member being pivotally fired at its t ppergeird tuthe window to move therewith and said slide members having means to cause them to successively move with the window, a spring arranged in the door at one side of the path of movement of the slide, and a cam on one of the slide members to cooperate with said spring and prevent casual lateral movement of the window and slides.

L. A door having a recess therein open at the top of the door, a window movable vertically in said recess and through said opening, telescopically related slides one of which coacts with said window in the raising of the latter, said slides having means to arise successive movements thereof when the first is operated, means to secure the lower side of the window when same is raised, and yieldable means-arranged to exert downward thrust on one of the slides when the window is raised to cushion the same and prevent casual upward movement of the window.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGES HAARNA GELL. 

